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Billingsville School
One of 26 original Rosenwald schools built in Mecklenburg County, the Billingsville School opened in 1927, and is still in use today.
SECOND WARD ALUMNI ASSOCIATION.
The Tonettes at Isabella Wyche School
The Tonettes at Isabella Wyche School.
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The Fifth Grade Class of Alexander Street School
The fifth grade class, Alexander Street School, May 1930. The school was located on the corner of Alexander and 12th streets.
LAURA SPEARS MALONE
Samuel B. Pride and the Myers Street School
Samuel B. Pride, principal at Myers Street School, c. 1915.
ROBERT JACKSON.
Right: The Myers Street School, built in 1886, was the only public graded school serving blacks until 1907. The two story, wooden building had eight classrooms and was called the "Jacob's Ladder School" by the children because of its exterior stairways.
The Library at Morgan School
Zoel Sylvester Hargrave and Hattie Ruddisell
Zoel Sylvester Hargrave, c. 1921.
DEE DEE MURPHY.
Right: Hattie Ruddisell, 1938.
GERALDINE JOHNSON BLENMAN.
Alfred Dixon and Miss Poe of Charlotte
Alfred Dixon served as the first president of the choir at Seventh Street Presbyterian Church.
FIRST UNITED PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH ARCHIVES.
Right: Miss Poe of Charlotte, c. 1900.
FRANKLIN COLEY.
Constance Morrison Colston and Her Daughter Rebecca
Constance Morrison Colston and her daughter, Rebecca, 1907.
THELMA M. COLSTON.